Letter-sheet buncher and holder.



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l, 1 10,906. Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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CALEB PINKNEY DEAL, 01E ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

LETTER-SHEET BUNCHER AND HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1214's.

Application filed. September 15, 1913. Serial-N0. 789,944.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALEB PINKNEY DEAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Letter-Sheet Bunchers and Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in letter sheet bunchers and holders.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this character by means of which loose sheets of paper may be bunched, evened up and firmly held while being punched or perforated for filing or binding.

Another object is to provide a buncher and holder for letter sheets and the like which will be simple and inexpensive in construction, eflioient and reliable in operation and well adapted to the purpose for which they are designed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved sheet buncher and holder; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof illustrating-the manner in which the same is used; Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same.

My improved letter sheet buncher and holder comprises a base plate 1 which may be of any suitable shape and constructed of any suitable material, said plate is here shown as being preferably of rectangular shape and constructed of sheet metal having the desired stiffness or rigidity. The plate 1 has two of its edges square and disposed at right angles to each other and arranged on said right-angularly disposed edges and spaced a suitable distance above the plate 1 are clamping wings or members 2 said members being of suitable semi-elliptical shape and projecting for a considerable distance from one corner of the plate along the edges thereof toward the opposite end and side edge of the plate as shown. The inner or free edges of the wings or clamping members 2 are preferably turned upwardly to a slight extent to facilitate the insertion of the sheets between the wings and the base plate 1.

The wings or clamping members 2 are preferably formed integral with the adj acent edges of theplate 1 and are spaced therefrom by bending the portions of the wings adjacent the plate at right angles as shown in Fig. 3. The corners of the plate 1 where the ends or corners of the win-gs 2 come together is cut away or recessed as at 3 and the adjacent corners of the clamping members are likewise cut away as at l. By thus cutting away or recessing this corner of the plate 1 and the adjacent corners or ends of the members 2 an opening or notch is formed into which this corner of the sheets 8 projects when the sheets are applied to the device for punching. By providing the opening or notch in this corner of'the plate the corners of the sheets projecting into the notch or opening may be readily observed to-ascertain whether or not all of the sheets are square or in proper position in the holder. The remaining corners of the plate 1 are preferably rounded and in one of said corners is formed an aperture 5 whereby the device may be hung up when not in use. The aperture is here shown as being preferably formed in the corner diagonally opposite to the notch or recessed corner of the plate.

In using my improved buncher and holder the sheets to be bunched and punched are placed on the base plate 1 and one corner of the sheets pushed back beneath the clamping wings 2 until the edges of the sheet come into engagement with the right-angular edges of the members 2 which latter will true or even up all of the sheets. After the sheets have thus been evened the plate 1 is grasped and the clamping members 2 forced or sprung downwardly thus clamping the sheets between the wings and the base plate, the sheets being thus held while being punched or perforated along their outer edges as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing. After being thus punched the sheets may be removed from the holder by releasing the clamping members 2 or the sheets may be still held evenly in the holder while being placed in a file or bound. When thus held the perforations therein will be kept in perfect alinement so that the pins of the filing device or the binding elements may be readily inserted through the perforations.

It will be noted that this device is constructed of spring metal and that the two wings or clamping members 2 are of considerable size extending approximately one-third of the width or length of the plate, the wings being so shaped that they normally spring out of contact vwith the plate 1 but when grasped by the thumb or fingers, which may readily be done because of their shape and arrangement,they can be sprung downwardly upon the plurality of sheets in the device to securely hold the same while they are being operated upon.

From the foregoingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of j the claimed invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

above the same, said wings having their ends.

adjacent to the recessed corner of the base plate correspondingly recessed and having their inner edges turned upwardly to facilitate the insertion of the sheets between the wings and base plate.

3. A sheet buncher and holder of the character described comprising a base plate having two of its edges disposed at right angles to each other, clamping wings formed integral with said right-angular edges, said wings having their portions adjacent said edges of the plate bent downwardly at right angles where they join the said edges of the plate thereby forming square surfaces against which the edges of the sheets are trued or evened, and said wings having their free ends rounded and turned upwardly to facilitate the insertion of the sheets between said clamping wings and said base plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CALEB PINKNEY DEAL.

. I Witnesses:

FRANK E. PARKINSON, WVALTER C. HENDRIX.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

